USB Port Capabilities

[Guest W4tch3r]

Hi,

Can the usb port be used for anything other than syncing and charging (and flash drive emulation using WM5torage)? Can I connect, for example, a (usb) keybard to it, or a camera, or a usb flash drive, or even a usb based ODBII engine monitoring system (eg look at AutoEnginuity)? I'd like to know if anyone has any novel uses or tricks for it that are working,

thanks,

W4tch3r

[Guest Laser_iCE]

Any device connected to the USB would require drivers installed on the phone itself, which would then also need to be compatible with Windows CE... As far as I know, if you want to use a keyboard or something, you can get those collapsing BT keyboards ;)

[Guest PReDiToR]

This thread might help answer your question clearly, but the short answer is:

The USB port is client only, although the hardware could have supported host mode if HTC had wanted to wire it up a little differently.

You cannot connect hard drives, cameras, MP3 players or anything like that to the Universal.